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CASH REGISTER.

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CASH REGISTER.

(Application filed Jan. 30, 1901.)

Patented Oct. 22, [90L No. 685,093. Patented Oct. 22, IBM. D. BERNHART.

CASH REGISTER.

(Application filed Jan. 30, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL BERNIIAR'I, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION form mg part of Letters Iatent No. 685,093, dated October 22, 1901.

Application filed January 30,1901. Serial No. 45,320. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, DANIEL BERNHART, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash- Registers,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cash-registers, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby any purchase from one cent to two thousand dollars may be easily registered; furthermore, to provide means whereby the register will automatically repeat after the amount of two thousand dollars has been registered and will again commence at zero.

The present invention further aims to construct a register of the above-described class thatwill accurately register the purchase of each and every sale and accurately retain the sum-total of such sales.

Another object of the invention is to construct a cash-register that may be locked and placed in an inoperative position; furthermore, to provide means that will prevent tampering, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a cash-register that will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture; also, to arrange the operating parts in a manner that will prevent the mechanism from becoming deranged and out of order.

The invention consists in a number of registering-dials operating in conjunction with one another to register various amounts and means whereby the said dials are rotated. Furthermore, the invention contemplates to provide means whereby these dials may be rotated in one direction only and locking the same against a rotation in the opposite direction; J

-I have shown the present register to register any amount from one cent to two thousand dollars; but it will be understood that this is tion, as the register may be constructed to record a smaller or larger amount without departing from the general spirit of my inVen-' tion.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detailreferonce is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cash-register. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, as shown by the lines 2 2 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direc tion of the arrow. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal vertical sectional View taken on the line 4- 4 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the cash-register, showing the casing in longitudinal section and taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged front view of the ratchet-operating-wheels,showing the manner of connection between the same. Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the toothed rack engaging the ratchet-operating wheels. Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the toothed locking-rack carrying the arm for releasing the cash-drawer, showing the manner of connection therewith. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the gage employed to be placed in front of the dials to accurately determine the amount registered.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 represents the casing, having arranged therein an opening 2 to receive the cash-drawer The said casing 1 carries on its front face a plate 4, having arranged therein a series of slots 5.

The reference-numeral 6 represents a plate arranged in the casing 1, which has likewise formed therein a number of slots 7, registering with the slots 5, arranged in the front plate 4.

The reference-numeral 8 indicates a baseplate secured to the casing 1 and is located in close proximity to the plate 6, being suitably spaced apart to receive certain mechanism, to be hereinafter referred to.

The reference-numeral 9 represents a series of operating-levers extending through slots 5 and 7and resting upon abar 10, extending the entire width of the casing 1, said operatinglevers having formed on their under face, as shown at 10,V-shaped notches to receive the said bar 10. A series of V-shaped keys 11 are rigidly secured to the forward ends of the operating-levers, an upper portion of said V- shaped keys containing certain numerals and the lower portion being adapted to be pressed downwardly.

The reference-numeral12 represents a bar extending from one side of the casing to the other and having arranged therein openings 14, and a similar bar 15 is likewise arranged in the casing below the said bar 12. This bar 15 has also arranged therein openings 16, which register with the openings 14 of the bar 12. These openings are adapted to receive a series of metallic strips 17, the lower end of said strips resting upon the operating-levers near their ends and having formed near their center a shoulder 18. Carried upon the upper extremity of the operating-levers is a plate 19, containing the numerals to indicate the purchase made.

The reference-numeral indicates a bar which is hinged at its one end, as shown at 21, and spring-pressed by means of a retractile spring 22, the movement of said bar being limited by a pin 23, said bar engaging the shoulder 18 of the metallic strip as the same is operated upwardly.

The reference-numeral 24 represents a helical spring extending transversely over the operating-levers and arranged to the sides of the casing 1, said spring having arranged therein a number of slots 25 to correspond with the operating-levers, thereby forming an independent spring-section for each independent operating-lever. The rear plate 8 has formed on its lower side a number or slots 26, forming guides for the operating-levers as they are operated upwardly.

The reference-numeral 27 represents a lever, which is pivotally connected at 28 at its one end to the rear plate 8, a spring 29 being coiled around the pivot 28, the end of said spring pressing said lever against the rest or stop 30, which is rigidly attached to said plate 8. To said lever is pivotally secured at 31 a toothed rack 32, having secured on each side thereof guides 33, said toothed rack being spring-pressed and engaged by a retractile spring 34, which is connected at 35 to the lever 27. This toothed rack is adapted to engage and actuate the ratchet-operating wheel 36, the latter being rotatably mounted upon a shaft 37, which shaft is secured in the plates 6 and Sand extends through the plate 6 and carries on its forward end a dial 38, which dial contains the numerals 4, 3, 2, 1,and O, which are repeated and extend radially around the outer face of the dial 38. In close proximity to the ratchet-operating wheel 36, upon the rear plate 8, is secured a spring-pressed pawl 39, which spring-pressed pawl prevents the said ratchet-operating wheel 36 from being turned in the reverse direction. The said wheel being further provided on its face with a number of studs 40, said studs corresponding in number with the series of numbers arranged upon the dial 38, these studs are adapted to engage the curved end 41 of the spring-pressed rod 42,0peratin g through bearings 43, arranged upon the face of the plate 8, having interposed between said bearings a coiled spring 44, which is adapted to return the spring-pressed rod 42 to its normal position, the end 45 of said spring-pressed rod being adapted to engage the ratchet-teeth 46 of the ratchet-operating wheel 47,'which is fixed upon a shaft 48, extending through and mounted in the plates 6 and 8 and carrying on its forward end a dial 49, said dial being divided into five segmental sections, each of said sections carrying numerals from O to 95 and each graduation representing the numeral 5. Thus all the numerals from 0 to 95 having a common divisor of 5 will be represented on each of said five sections. Corresponding with the five divisions upon the said dial 49 are arranged five pins 50 upon the ratchet-operating wheel 47.

The reference-numeral 51 represents a lever-arm resting upon a portion of the keys arranged centrally in the register. This lever-arm is bent upwardly slightly, as at'52, and thence extends upwardly, as shown at 53, and extends at right angles, as shown at 54, and is pivoted at 55 to a boss 56, arranged upon the rear face of the front plate 6. This lever-arm 51 has pivotally connected thereto at '57 a toothed rack 58, carrying guides 59, said toothed rack being adapted to engage and actuate the ratchet-Wheel 47, the guides 59 engaging the front and rear faces of the ratchet-wheel near its periphery.

The referencenumeral 60 represents a spring-pressed pawl arranged upon the plate 8, and engages the teeth 46 of the wheel 47.

The reference -numeral 61 indicates a curved end of the spring-pressed rod 62, operating through the guides 63, mounted upon the plate, carrying a spiral spring 64, which normally presses the curved end 61 against the pins 50, the other end 65 of said rod engaging the teeth 66 of the ratchet-wheel 67, which is rotatably mounted upon a shaft 68, secured in the plates 6 and 8, extending through the forward plate 6, and carries on its outer end a dial 69, said dial carrying numerals from O to 100. The said dial 67 is likewise engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 70, which prevents the said dial from being turned in the opposite direction, this pawl being spring-pressed and is arranged to the plate 8. The said ratchet-operating wheel 67 is actuated by means of the toothed rack 71, carrying guides 72. This toothed rack 71 is pivoted at 73 to the arm 74, and the other end of said arm is pivoted at 75, arranged in the boss secured to the rear face of the forward plate 6. A retractile spring 76 is secured at 77 to the arm 74, said spring resting against the toothed rack 71 and normally pressing the same against the teeth of the ratchet-wheel.

78 represents an opening cut in the rear plate 8, in which is rotatably mounted a registering-wheel 79,said registering-wheel being mounted transversely to the registering-dials and ratchet-operating wheel; This registering-wheel is preferably divided into twenty spaces carrying numerals l to 20, each numeral representing the sum of one hundred dollars, the shaft upon which said registering-wheel is mounted being indicated by the numeral 80, being journaled in the bearing 81, secured to the inner face of the forward plate 6, and is likewise journaled at its other end in a bearing 82. Near the bearing 82 upon the shaft 8 is mounted a cog-wheel 83, which is engaged by a projection Si, arranged upon the face of the wheel 67. \Vith each revolution of the wheel this projection engages the cog-wheel 83, rotating the shaft one revolution, which will be equal to one of the twenty spaces marked upon the registering-wheel 79, this latter wheel being held in position by means of the spring-pressed pin 85, mounted in bearings 86 upon the plate 8 and having interposed between the bearings a coil-spring 87.

The reference-numeral 88 indicates a locking-bar having inclined notches cut therein, as at 89, said locking-bar operating in guidebrackets 90, secured to the inner face of the casing of the register. This locking-bar is provided at one end with a spring 91, and at its other end a locking-pawl 92 is arranged, which is adapted to rest against the end of the locking bar 89 and adapted to prevent the operation of the locking-bar. This operating-pawl carries a square pin 93, which is adapted to be engaged by a key 94, extending through the casing of the register. The said locking-bar 88 carries an arm 95, as shown in detail in Fig. 8 of the drawings, which extends rearwardly and engages the lug 96, ar-

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ranged to the upper and rear side of the cashdrawer and normally resting against the The said cash-drawer is connected to a helical spring 97, secured at 98 to the inner side of the casing and at its other end connected at 99 to the cashdrawer and normally pressing against said cash-drawer and causing the latter to be pressed and operated outwardly when the same is properly released.

The reference-numeral 100 represents a spring arranged to the rear of the cash-drawer and tapper 101, the latter being adapted to come into contact with the gong 102, arranged to the side and inner face of the cash drawer.

The reference-numeral 103 represents a blank key which operates the cash-drawer when desired for the purpose of making change or the like. As this key is operated the rear end of the key will be raised, and the bar forming a connection with the key will tend to raise the metallic strip, the shoulder 18 engaging the bar 20 and retaining the same in the raised position until the next key is operated, which will likewise engage the ,bar 20, thereby releasing the first-named key and allowing it to drop by gravity to its normal position. As the keys are operated the same will tend to likewise raise the strip carrying the plate, having arranged thereon a number corresponding with the number arranged on the key operated. The springpressed bar will retain said strip in an upright position until the next key is operated, when the first-mentioned strip will be automatically released and the latter engaged and held in the desired position.

104 represents the graduations marked upon the gage 105, said graduations registering with the zero-mark placed at the top of the dials when the entire register has been placed at zero.

The operation of my improved cash-register is as follows: For the purpose of illustrating we will presume that different amounts are to be registered, and we will explain the detail operation of the various amounts, com mencing with the blank key and terminating with the amount of two thousand dollars. By pressing the blank key for the purpose of making change and the like the same will ride down upon the face of the inclined notches arranged in the locking-bar, which will move the bar and impart a lateral movement thereto. This bar, carrying with it the arm 95, will tend to disengage the same from the lug 96 and allow the spring or springs 97 to open the cash-drawer, the drawer being automatically forced outwardly by this operation. As the key is released the spring 24 will return the key to its normal position and the spring 91 will operate the locking-bar to its normal position, thereby moving the arm 95 in alinement with the lug 96 of the cash-drawer. When the cash-drawer is closed, the spring arm will again engage the lug and lock the same until the next operation has been completed. In order to register any amount less than five cents, one of the keys to the right of the register is operated corresponding with the amount to be registered, depressing the keys in the manner heretofore described, operating the locking-bar and cash-drawer, as heretofore mentioned, and engaging one of the graduated steps of the operating-lever 27, raising the toothed rack and imparting a rotary movement to the ratchet-operatin g wheel 36 and operating the same a distance of one, two, three, or four, as the case may be. \Vhen the amount of five cents or more has been reached, the pins arranged upon the ratchetoperating wheel will en gage the spring-pressed pin and communicate movement to the ratcheta-operating wheel 47. As these wheels rotate, carrying with them the dials arranged to the other end of the shafts, which will be likewise rotated, the graduated marks lOt, arranged upon the gage 105, will indicate the exact amount registered or the sum-total of a number of sales. When it is desired to register twenty-five to fifty cents, the corresponding key of the register is depressed, thereby actuating the lever-arm 51 and rotating the ratchet-operating wheel 47, which also communicates movement to the ratchet-operating wheel 67 when a certain amount has been registered, said amount being one dollar.

The operation of registering dollars from one to one hundred is as follows: The lever or levers are operated, thereby raising the lever-arm 74, rotating the wheel 67, which when one hundred dollars has been registered will communicate movement to the registering-wheel 79 through the medium of the projection 84 engaging the wheel 83 and rotating the shaft 80.

Then it is desired to register a number of dollars of a desired amount, two or three keys may beindependently operated to bring about the result. In this operation, however, it should be observed that the keys are not to be depressed simultaneously, but should be operated successively, which will be readily understood from the foregoing description and referring to the accompanying drawings. The same applies, of course, to the registration of cents as well as dollars.

Attention is directed to the fact that a gong may be placed in a position that the arm mounted upon the registering-wheel will engage the gong when the amount of two thousand dollars has been recorded.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction of my improved cash-register without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, operating-levers secured therein, keys secured to said levers, a series of strips carrying plates mounted in said casing, a shoulder on the said strips, suitable guides adapted to receive'said strips, a hinged springpressed bar secured to said casing and adapted to engage said shoulder, and lock the strip, a series of registering-dials mounted in the said casing,ratchet-operating wheels connected thereto, a toothed rack, lever-arms pivotally secured to the casing and to the toothed rack, guides carried by said toothed rack adapted to engage the faces of said ratchet-operating wheel, means carried by the casing for actuating the succeeding Wheel simultaneously with the operation of the pre ceding wheel, and means carried by the preceding wheel for actuating said first-named means, substantially as described.

2. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, operating-levers secured therein, keys secured to the forward ends of said 1evers, a series of strips carrying plates mounted in suitable guides in said casing, a shoulder made integral with the said strip, a hinged springpressed bar secured to the casing adapted to engage the shoulder and lock the strip, a slotted helical spring forming a series of springs each of which is adapted to engage an operating-lever, a series of registering-dials mounted in the said casing, ratchetoperating wheels connected thereto, a toothed rack provided with guides on each side thereof, a lever-arm pivotally secured to the casing and to the toothed rack, the said leverarm normally resting upon a portion of the operating-levers, studs secured to the faces of the said wheels, a spring-pressed pawl secured to the said casing and engaging the said wheel, a spring-pressed rod, one end of said rod adapted to engage the teeth of the said ratchet-wheels to actuate the wheel, and the other end of said rod adapted to be actuated by the said studs, substantially as described.

3. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing a series of operating-levers secured therein, a series of dials, operating ratchetwheels connected thereto, apivoted lever connected to the casing, and engaging the operating-levers, a toothed rack secured to the said pivoted lever and engaging the ratchetwheels and means connected to the said rack for guiding the same, substantially as described.

4. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing a slotted plate secured therein, a series of pivoted operating-levers mounted in said casing and operating in said slots, a lever pivoted to the casing and normally resting on a portion of the operatingdevers, a series of dials mounted on shafts, ratchet-operating wheels connected to said shafts, a toothed rack pivoted to said lever, guides secured to each side of said toothed rack adapted to engage the faces of the said wheel, a spring secured to the lever and engaging the toothed racks, substantially as described.

5. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, a series of operating-levers mounted therein, a series of dials, operating ratchetwheels connected thereto, a pivoted lever connected to the casing and engaging a portion of the operating-levers, a toothed rack secured to said pivoted lever and engaging said ratchet-wheel, guides secured to each side of said rack, and means secured to the casing actuated by said wheel for operating the succeeding wheel, substantially as described.

6. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, aseries of operating-levers secured therein, a series of registeringdials secured in said casing, ratchet-operating wheels socured thereto, a lever connected at one end to the casing, the other end resting normally on a portion of the operating-levers, a toothed rack provided with guides pivotally secured to said lever, a spring for normally holding the said toothed rack in engagement with the toothed wheel, means carried by the casing for actuating the succeeding wheel, and means carried by the wheel for operating the said means, substantially as described.

7. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, a series of operating-levers mounted therein, a lever pivoted to the casing with a portion of said lever normally resting on a portion of the said levers, a toothed rack provided with a guide on each side thereof, a shaft, a registering-dial mounted thereon, a ratchetoperating wheel secured to said shaft and adapted to be engaged by the said toothed rack, a spring secured to the said lever and engaging the said toothed rack, studs mounted on the said wheels, a spring-pressed arm secured in suitable bearings, one end of said arm being adapted to be actuated by the said studs and the other end being adapted to engage the teeth of the succeeding wheel and move the same, substantially as described.

8. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, a slotted rear plate arranged in said casing, operating-levers secured in said casing extending throughout said slots, a pivoted lever secured to said rear plate, a toothed rack pivotally secured to said lever, guides arranged on each side of said toothed rack, a ratchet-operating wheel engaging said toothed rack, and a dial secured to the shaft of said ratchet-operating wheel, substantially as described.

9. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, a slotted rear plate arranged in said casing, operating-levers secured in said casing extending throughout said slots, a pivoted lever secured to said rear plate, graduated steps arranged on the under side of said lever, a toothed rack pivotally secured to said lever, a spring arranged on said lever bearing against said toothed rack, guides arranged on each side of said toothed rack, a ratchet-operatin g wheel en gaging said toothed rack, and a dial secured to the shaft of said ratchet-operating wheel, substantially as described.

10. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, a series of operating-levers therein, a cash-drawer, springs secured to said drawer for actuating the same, a locking-bar having inclined teeth, the said bar being adapted to be moved laterally by the movement of each operating-lever, an arm carried by the said locking-bar, a lug carried by the drawer, and a spring for returning said locking-bar to its normal position, substantially as described.

11. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, a series of operating-levers therein, a spring for returning the said levers to their normal position, levers pivoted to the casing, said levers resting normally upon a portion of the operating-levers, a series of registering dials having ratchet A operating wheels connected thereto, toothed racks for operating said wheels, the said racks being pivoted to the levers, studs carried by the wheels,

means for actuating the succeeding wheel operated by said studs, a registering-wheel carried by a shaft, a projection carried by one of the operating ratchet-wheels for actuating the said registering-wheel, and means for holding the'said registering-wheel in position, substantially as described.

12. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, operating-levers, registering-dials, ratchet-operatingwheels secured thereto, levers mounted in said casing,means connected to said levers for operating said ratchetwheels, means for operating the succeeding wheel, means carried by said wheels for actuating means for operating the succeeding wheel, a projection carried by one of said wheels, a registering-wheel mounted transverse to the said dials and wheels, a cog connected to said wheel, means for holding said wheel in position, a toothed locking-bar carried by the casing and adapted to be operated by each operating-lever, a spring for returning said bar to its normal position, an arm carried by said bar, a cash-drawer, a lug carried thereby, strips secured in suitable bearings, plates carried by the upper end thereof, shoulders on said strips, means for engagement with said shoulders to hold the strips in a locked position,substantially as described.

13. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing, opei'atinglevers, registering-dials, ratchet-operating wheels secured thereto, levers pivoted to the casing, spring-pressed means pivoted to said levers for operating said ratchet-wheels, means connected to the casing for actuating the succeeding wheel, means carried by the preceding wheel for actuating said means, a registeringwheel mounted transverse to said dials and wheels, means carried by said registering-wheel to actuate the same, means carried by one of said ratchet-operating wheels for actuating said means, means for holding said register ing-wheel in position, a toothed locking-bar carried by the casing and adapted to be operated by the movement of each operatinglever, means for returning said bar to its normal position, a cash-drawer, a lug carried thereby, and means connected to said toothed locking-bar for engagement with said lug, substantially as described.

14:. In a cash-register the combination of a casing, a series of operating-levers secured therein, registering-dials, levers mounted in said casing, each of said levers normally e11- gaging a portion of said operating-levers, means connected to said levers for actuating said registering-dials, means for actuating the succeeding dial, means carried by the preceding dial for actuating said means,aregistering-wheel, means carried by said wheel for actuating the same, means connected to one of said registering-dials for actuating said means, and means for holding said registering-wheel in position, substantially as described.

15. In a cash-register, the combination of.

operating-levers, registeringdials, levers, spring-pressed means connected to said levers for actuating said dials, means for actuating the succeeding dial, means carried by the preceding dial for actuating said means, a registering-Wheel, means connected thereto for actuating said Wheel, means connected to one of said registering-dials for actuating said means, means for holding said register- 10 ing-wheel in position, a cash-drawer, a lug carried thereby, a spring-pressed locking-bar and means carried thereby for engagement with said lug, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL BERNIIART.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN NoLANn, E. E. POTTER. 

